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Leading Monday's international brief, Kenyan Foreign Affairs Minister Ali Chirau Mwakwere has announced that Kenya would actively be seeking to obtain one of the two permanent regional seats for Africa under the current proposed reform...

The US government Thursday publicly expressed support for expanding the UN Security Council by "two or so" permanent members, saying that a larger expansion could hinder the effectiveness of the group. Review the State Department briefing ...

In a move to gain support for a draft UN reform resolution introduced last month , Germany, Japan, Brazil and India - the so-called G4 group - have dropped their proposal to give veto power to any new...

Chinese UN Ambassador Wang Guangya has said China is opposed to a recently-introduced resolution that would expand the UN Security Council to include Brazil, Germany, India and Japan. In an interview with AP...

At the United Nations, Brazil, Germany, India, and Japan introduced a draft resolution Monday to expand the UN Security Council from 15 to 25 countries and give themselves permanent seats. Secretary-General Kofi Annan proposed changes to the...

A week after Nepal's King Gyanendra lifted a state of emergency , the country's seven political parties have joined together to present a common agenda that demands a return to democracy and constitutional reforms...

JURIST Contributing Editor Ali Khan of Washburn University School of Law says that the ostensibly-successful Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, now under review in a month-long conference at the UN, may be on its last legs... Recognizing "the devastation that would be...

In an attempt to break a ten-year deadlock over reforming the United Nations Security Council , Italy suggested Monday that a new system be instituted by which the council would award 10 new seats to regional groups rather...

A UK businessman was convicted on Wednesday of attempting to aid terrorists for selling a missile launcher to an informant claiming he was going to attack the US. Hemant Lakhani, a British citizen from India, was found guilty on...

In a major setback for the country's political opposition, Pakistan's Supreme Court Wednesday dismissed petitions contending that the dual role of General Pervez Musharraf as Pakistan president and army chief of staff is contrary to the provisions...